Vol 9, #1, November 2007

Articles
Iranian Women and the Civil Rights Movement in Iran: Feminism Interacted
By Majid Mohammadi

The Land of Lalla-Ded: Politicization of Kashmir and Construction of the Kashmiri Woman
By Nyla Ali Khan

Birds of Freedom? Perspectives on Female Emancipation and Sri Lanka's Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
By Kim Jordan and Myriam Denov

Reflections on Islamic Identity, Citizenship Rights and Women's Struggle For Gender Justice: Illustration From India
By Sabiha Hussain

Beyond Caliban's Curses: The Decolonial Feminist Literacy of Sycorax
By Irene Lara

Land Loss and Garifuna Women's Activism on Honduras' North Coast
By Keri Vacanti Brondo

Access to Healthcare vis-à-vis Women's Reproductive Health in Cameroon
By Michael Soh

Gender Discrimination: Beliefs and Experiences: A Comparative Perspective of Women and Men in The Delhi Police
By Punam Sahgal

Gender Disparities in Living Arrangements of Older People in Ghana: Evidence from the 2003 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey
By Chuks J. Mba

Gender Responsive Entrepreneurial Economy of Nigeria: Enabling Women in a Disabling Environment
By May Nwoye

Gender Differentiation among Farmers in the Agricultural Sector in Benguet, Philippines
By Jinky Leilanie Lu

World YWCA Leaders and the UN Decade for Women
By Karen Garner

Violence in the Family: A Preliminary Investigation and Overview of Wife Battering in Africa
By Adewale Rotimi

Gender Awareness of Rural Women in Bangladesh
By Shahnaj Parveen

Economic Empowerment of Women Through Four Psychotherapies In Two Local Government Areas, Nigeria
By Osiki J.O.

Essays

Respecting the East, Embracing the West: A Tribute to the Women of the Maritime Sikh Society
By Pavna Sodhi

The Social World of Prostitutes and Devadasis: A Study of the Social Structure and its Politics in 17th and 18th Century India
By Karuna Sharma

Book Reviews

"Convent Life in Colonial Mexico: A Tale of Two Communities" Stephanie L. Kirk
Reviewed by Margaret E. Boyle

"Sons of the Movement: FtMs Risking Incoherence on a Post-Queer Cultural Landscape" Jean Bobby Noble
Reviewed by Hae Yeon Choo

"ProLife Feminism: Yesterday and Today" (2nd Expanded Edition). Mary Krane Kerr, Rachel MacNair, and Linda Naranjo-Huebel
Reviewed by Kimberly Kelly

"Conception Diary: Thinking about Pregnancy and Motherhood" Susan Hogan.
Reviewed by Stacy Lockerbie

"Champions for Peace: Women Winners of the Nobel Peace Prize" Judith Hicks Stiehm
Reviewed by Karen E. Weekes

"Akron's 'Better Half': Women's Clubs and the Humanization of the City, 1825-1925" Kathleen L. Endres
Reviewed by Jennifer L. Adams

 

Updated April 30, 2008.